well if they do indeed have a hive mind. then you can merely think of the outer sharks being like the fingers that draw him to the “mouth” of the beast. the beast being the bulk of them. its actually a scarey thought.

Be really dang careful if they suddenly stop following, Best. You saw avians flying out of the city in formation. For that matter, ambassador-designate chickenfu-*cough* Gondolessa implied heavily that airships were a clear possibility.

In all seriousness, he probably has the strap on the back tightened all the way down to just the base of the neck and the bottom of the axe. That way he can loop it around, say, his sleeping mat or a knob or something and it won’t slide around and cut his mount’s ass off.

If those are breathing tubes… do they just hang out there all day? and then bring in the night shift and alternate? I mean… that’s usually the type of maneuver you only use when you’re expecting an immediate attack (kinda like if they had a trojan horse just sitting around with troops inside it waiting for the next city to ambush… you know, eventually). The only other alternative is that they somehow signaled ahead and the landsharks are just very quick burrowers.

They are land sharks, after all. I imagine they’re pretty good at burrowing, especially if they share any characteristics with the D&D land-shark (i.e. Bulette).
I wonder if this is their usual “natural” hunting tactic. Herd something towards the rest of the – pod? flock? tribe? – while the tribe is all hangin’ out under the sand…

I’m supporting the theory that the woodwinds are breathing tubes for a f***ton of Landsharks.

I suspect Best’s running into a situation where he’s almost guaranteed to die—such as The Gang Vs. Harky (and later, The Remainder of the Gang Vs. Byron). When it looks like he’s about to fail, he’ll be summoned away by whatever hoo-doo magical nonsense H.R. used to steal away the rest of the gang (assuming that’s the case AT ALL), and he’ll wind up in the yellow tube.

This still leaves me wondering about Bandit, though. I’m hoping she wasn’t a plant working for Hurricane, but rather is going to be the one orchestrating the Great Tube Escape.

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